On My Own: Korean Businesses and Race Relations in America

290 Pages·1997·15.61 MB·English

by  In-Jin Yoon

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K O R E A N B U S I N E S S E S
A N D R A C E R E L A T I O N S
I N A M E R I C A
The University of Chicago Press / Chicago 6L ondon
In-Jin Yoon is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at
Korea University.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
0 1997 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 1997
Printed in the United States of America
0605 0403 02 01009998 97 5 4 3 2 1
ISBN (cloth): 0-226-95927-9
ISBN (paper): 0-226-95928-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Yoon, In-Jin, 1963-
On my own : Korean businesses and race relations in America / In-
Jin Yoon.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-226-95927-9. - ISBN 0-226-95928-7 (pbk.)
1. Minority business enterprises-United States. 2. Korean Amer-
ican businesspeople. 3. Afro-Americans-Relations with Korean
Americans. 4. Small business-United States. 5. Entrepreneur-
ship-United States. 6. Korea (South)-Emigration and immigra-
tion.
I. Title.
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@ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Perma-
nence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI 239.48-1984.
I dedicate this book t o my parents and my wife,
who have sustained me with their constant love, faith, and prayer:
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C O N T E N T S
Preface ix
Introduction 1
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The State of Immigrant and Ethnic Entrepreneurship
in America 11
The Social Origins of Korean Immigration to the
United States, 1903 to the Present 48
Class, Family, and Ethnicity in Korean Immigrant
Entrepreneurship 100
F O W E t
Who Is My Neighbor?: Korean-Black Relations in
Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City 174
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Conclusion 229
vii
... C O N T E N T S
Notes 239
Bibliography 2 5 3
Index 271